Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,148, William Fairbank, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Fairbank William
S. 29,148
CONTENTS

M. 798 Massachusetts William Fairbanks Brewster in the State of Mass was a Pkt. Col. in the Company commanded by Captain Sawyer of the Regt. commanded by Col. Smith in the Mass for 10 months, Privates " " Sergeants 3
M.W.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $88- Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of April 1835 and Nat. No. 10,000 Kendall Westminster Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $176.60 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. 44.17 $220.83
Revolutionary Claim, not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Albin Faxon Clerk Book E Vol. 29 Page 24

See letter to the Hon John Davis D.D. C.S. (Map.)
July 15, 1833.
76 W. A. C.

Application of Wm Fairbanks
The papers are not attached here only to the original
Yours S. G. Kendon Secretary

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting William Fairbanks a resident of West Boylston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I was born in the town of Lancaster Massachusetts in 1759 the year of my birth I have not in my possession. I first entered the said service in January 1776 in Captain Ezra Sawyer's Company in Lancaster aforesaid and marched to Roxbury & Dorchester where we were stationed during the said two months and after the said term of two months our company was discharged & I returned to Lancaster.
In July 1776 I again enlisted at Lancaster in what is now called Sterling in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Sawyer in Colonel Smith's Regiment. I enlisted for five months & marched with the company to the City of New York and was at the Battle of White Plains and at the end of our term I was discharged with our company at Croton's on the Hudson in New York. I then returned home.
Immediately after my return home in December 1776 I enlisted again into said service into the company commanded by Captain Fortunatus Eager's Company in Colonel Whitney's Regiment for the term of three months. I enlisted at what was then Lancaster and marched to Hartford & Danbury in Connecticut and on to Bound Brook in New Jersey where we were stationed till our discharge at the end of our term of three months our discharge was a verbal one. I then returned home.
In the summer of 1777 I again enlisted at said Lancaster for two months under the command of Captain White of Lancaster. We marched from there to Bennington Vermont & on to Half Moon in New York and then back to Bennington on the day of the Battle at that place, this was at the end of our two months enlistment and we were there discharged by our officers verbally. I then returned home having served two full months.
In the Spring of 1778 I again enlisted at what is now Sterling under Captain Ebenezer as a Sergeant  Richings for the term of nine months. The Company belonged to Colonel Nathaniel Paine's Regiment.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before N. A. H. Paine Judge of the Probate for the County of Worcester
Wm. Fairbanks

Our company marched to Providence in Rhode Island and there were stationed there awhile and then marched to Newport and the whole of our term was passed upon the Island and in the state of Rhode Island. We were discharged at the end of our term of nine months by a verbal order at North Kingston Rhode Island. I then returned home, and have ever since lived on the same farm.
The proof of my service consists of the deposition which accompany this application, and I also refer to evidence at the War Department as to nine months of said service, by which I once received a pension under the law of 1818 but was informed soon after that my name was stricken from the Pension Roll.

We _____ a Clergyman residing in the _____ and residing in _____ hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be _____ years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that _____ who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. Samuel Dodge for the County of Worcester
I Shephard Wheeler Regis r , Clerk of the Court of Probate _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Fairbanks for a pension. & that Alexander Dutton & Emory Hart have been who affidavits are attached to the accompanying depositions are further of the Rev. in the IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 14 th day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Shephard Wheeler Regis r of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
Worcester ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts I Shephard Wheeler Regis r of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that at the time the above certificate was made, 14 th of August last, the rule requiring a communication of the papers, by ribbon or tape was not known they are now so connected, as the proceedings of said Court of Probate in the matter of the application of William Fairbanks for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this Sunday day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three
Shephard Wheeler Reg r of said Probate Court

William Fairbank
Mar 17
Surge 11 March
Prote 10 do
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Howey Kendall
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Mark Mark

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Fairbanks  West Boylston Worcester Co. Mass.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Ent 1776 2 priv. Capt Sawyer 34 yrs   Ent 1776 5 Capt Sawyer Col Smith West Boylston Mass   " 1776 " 3 " Capt Rager Living Blinick for all the service   " 1777 " 2 Sergt. Capt White   " 1778 " 9 Sergt. Capt Baldwin Col Wands  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [r] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this Fifth day of April in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Judge of the Probate of Wills & now sitting William Fairbanks a resident of West Boylston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I was born in Lancaster in said County in that part of the town now called West Boylston upon the same farm where I now live, my birth I sup. is recorded there. I was born in 1759. I entered the Revolutionary service in Captain Ezra Sawyer's company, in the fore part of January 1776 I marched to Dorchester & served two months , the term of my enlistment was then verbally discharged. To prove this service I offer the accompanying deposition of S th Fairbanks.
I next enlisted for the term of five months in Captain Samuel Sawyer's company and marched to New York and served with the American Army on the North River and at the expiration of the full term of five months I was verbally discharged at Connecticut's Manor in New York. I served this term in Col Smith's Regiment in Brig Gen. Fellows Brigade. The proof of this service which I offer are the depositions of Joseph Pearson and Calvin Kilborn.
I next enlisted in December 1776 for three months in the company of Captain Fortunatus Eager, and marched to New Jersey and was stationed at Bould Brook until the expiration of the term of three months when I was verbally discharged. The proof of this service which I offer is the deposition of John Robbins.
I next enlisted in August 1777 in Captain Nathaniel White's company as a Sergeant in said company. We marched to Bennington & Half Moon and at the expiration of the term of my enlistment, two months , I was verbally discharged having fully served out that term. My proof of this service are the depositions of Calvin Kilborn and Joseph Pearson.
I next enlisted in the month of March 1778 as orderly Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt Ebenezer Billings in Col Mades Regiment. I marched to Rhode Island and served nine full months and was then honorably discharged. My proof of this service is the annexed deposition of John
Winn. I was a resident at my present place of residence at the several times when my enlistments took place & all said enlistments were voluntary. The whole period of service having been twenty one months eleven of which I served as Sergeant .
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. As I offer positive proof of my services I have not procured the certificate of a clergyman or other witnesses to my marriage.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. NATH Paine Judge of Probate of the County of Worcester
W. Fairbanks

We _____ a Clergyman residing in the _____ and residing in _____ hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be _____ years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that see depositions annexed who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that they who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and an a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I _____, Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty
Wm. D. [unclear] Papers
Worcester ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Theophilus Wheeler Reg'd of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Fairbanks for a Pension. and I further certify that Joseph Hinck, Alexander Dustin, Charles Russell and Emory Washburn Esquires, before whom the annexed affidavits were made. each of them is a Justice of the Peace in the said County of Worcester. duly Commissioned and sworn, and that the signature purporting to be their signa- ture is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Probate Court this sixth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty three - Theophilus Wheeler Reg'd of said Probate Court -

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Payable on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September of each year at the Branch Bank of the United States at Boston Massachusetts
Recorded
William Fairbank
FAIRBANK, WILLIAM (MASS) S-29148

5-2 By Nathaniel Wade Esq r Colonel of Regt of Foot Raised by the State of the Massachusetts Bay the Defence of American Liberty - To William Fairbank Greeting
By Virtue of the power and Authority from the said State to me given Special trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Charge and good conduct I Do By these Presents Constituted and appoint the sd William Fairbank to be the first Sergt In a Company Commanded by Elzer Belknap Esq r in a Regt of Infantry Under my Command You are therefore strictly to discharge the duty of a Sergt in the above said Regt to Observe and obey all such orders as ye shall Received from time to time from your Superior officers and be faithfully in all Duties Committed to you as a Sergt Whereof this is your sufficient Warrant
Given under my hand this th first Day of Decem , Nov r A.D. one thousand Seven hundred and Seven Eight
Consented to by me
Nath l Wade Col o

29 148 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29, 148
William Shirlank Sergt Rev War
Act: June 1 st 89 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1893 Dec 8. Mem. of service to Kate E Seymour offi

34830 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34830
William Fairbank Serg Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]

30 408 Recy INVALID.
File No 30 408
William Fairbanks Sergt Rev War
Act June 7 th 32"
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts
William Farland
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a S t B t in the Waverly commanded by Captain Sargent of the Regt commanded by Col Smith in the Mass who for 12 months Private 9 " Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 85 Dollars — Cents per an m to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Oct 1833 and at Boston Massachusetts
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $170. Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept  1833 $2. $172.
$172.
{ Revolutionary Claim, due June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Chas. H. Hemen Clerk. Book E Vol. 20 Page 11

(2559)
Massachusetts Roll
William Fairbank
Capt. Belknap Sergeant
Mass. Line - 9 months
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of Sept. 1818 and sent to Edward D. Bangs Esq. Worcester Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 36.80   Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th Mar. 1819 48.00   Arrears 4 mo 181/3 $84.80 
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 19th March, 1818. }
William Fairbank Edward D. Bangs Esq.

The agent is acquainted with this Evan see letter 13 aug.
16 Oct 1842 Rev. J. G. Kendall

The agent is acquainted with this Eun. See letter 13 Aug.
16 Feb. Mr. and Mrs. No. 1832 Rev. J. G. Kendall

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester
We the Subscribers Selectmen of the Town of West Boylston hereby certify that William Fairbank now resident in said town is in such reduced circumstances as in our opinion to stand in need of relief from his country
July 22 d - 1810
John Sample Joseph Hinds Ezra Bigelow Ezekiel Pierce

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March 1818. — — — — —
William Fairbanks late a Sergean — — — — — in the Army of the Revolution — — — — —
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Eight — — — — — dollars — — — — — cents per month, to commence on the seventeenth day of April — — — — — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this Nineteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War

W - Fairbanks
17 Apr
Not on Puffs D.H.
See papers in case of John Linn for additional evidence in this case —
Admitted

State of Massachusetts William Fairbank West Boylston in the County of Worcester
a Citizen of the United States, now resident at in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, in March 1778
I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the first of Jan. 1779
as a private and serjeant against the common enemy, without any interrup- tion or absence: that I belonged to Capt. Ebenezer Dole's Company Col. Wadsworth's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line , that I acted as Serjeant from the beginning, but did not receive a war- rant until the first day of November 1778
and that I left the service on January 1. 1779 ; I never recollect receiving any discharge, as the whole regiment, being enlisted for one year, was discharged together and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty nine years -
1818 59 59
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Wm. Fairbank
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 17th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Edw. D. Bangs
Judge C. Court Com Pleas Western Circuit
the abovenamed Wm. Fairbank and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination du- ly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
with the seal of Court  Edw. D. Bangs

I John Winn of West Doyleston in the County of War- rington declare on oath, that I served in Capt. Delli- napi's Company, Col. Ward's Regiment, for more than nine months in the same company in which William Fairbank was Sergeant, and he served with me all that time.
John Winn
Concord N. H., April 17. 1818. Personally appeared the said John Winn and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed Before me Edw. D. Bangs, Justice of the Peace

I Calvin Kilburn of Princeton, County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, of lawful age, to wit, the age of seventy five, do testify and say that in the year 1776 in the month of July, William Fairbanks then of that part of Lancaster now called West Boylston with myself volunteered our services as privates in the Army of the Revolution, in a Company commanded by Daniel Sawyer of Sterling in said County of Worcester, that a Mr. Sawyer of Lancaster was Lieutenant and Ebenezer Belknap of S d Sterling was Ensign of said Company, that we enlisted for the term of five months, that we marched from S d Lancaster to Worcester, from thence to Hartford Ct. & thence to New York City, where we remained about ten days, we then left New York and marched about two miles to a place, the name of which I do not now recollect, where we remained till the evacuation of the City of New York by the American Troops, we then marched to a place called Croton's or Greatland's Manor where we were subsequently discharged that said Fairbanks continued with me in said Company during the said term of five months. I further testify and say that on or about the first day of August in the year 1777 I again volunteered my services as a fifer in the said Army of the Revolution for the term of two months in a Company commanded, I think by Captain Nathl. White of said Lancaster & that a Mr. Hale of Westminster I think was Lieutenant that I marched from said Lancaster to Danfield in the state of Massachusetts from thence to Bennington in the State of Vermont and from thence to a place called the Half Moon where we remained two days or thereabout, and then returned to said Bennington where I was discharged at the expiration of the said two months, that the said William Fairbanks volunteered

and served in said Company as Sergeant during the said term of two months and was discharged or dismissed at the same time, when he and myself both returned home. —
Calvin Gilburn
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Worthington, April 2, 1833. Then the above named Calvin Gilburn, in my presence subscribed the above affidavit and made oath that the same was true; And I also certify that said Gilburn sustains a good moral character and is a man of truth.
Charles Russell Justice of the Peace

I John Winn of West Boylston in the County of Worcester aged Seventy two years having been duly sworn and sworn do testify & say that I have known William Fairbanks now of West Boylston who is present at the taking of this Deposition ever since we were boys having been from near him. I know that the said Fairbanks enlisted into Captain Ebenezer Belknaps Company in Col Nathaniel Wades Regiment in the month of March 1778 for the term of one year as I then understood. The said Fairbanks was the Orderly Sergeant of said company and I was a private in the same company. We marched to Providence in Rhode Island and from thence to Newport on Rhode Island. Gen Sullivan commanded at that time. From thence we marched to East Greenwich and thence to North Kingston in Rhode Island and were there discharged by order of Gen Sullivan. The said Fairbanks served during all said term and was honor- ably discharged at the expiration of it, having served the full term of Nine Months. My term of enlistment was one year I cannot state the reason why we were discharged before the expiration of the term, unless it was because our services were no longer required.
John Winn
Worcester ss April 5 1833 Then the above John Winn personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by me before me. And I certify that in my opinion he is entitled to full credit as a witness Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Parsons of Sterling in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of seventy three last June Testify & say that in the summer of the year 1776 William Fairbank myself & others enlisted as soldiers in the Revolutionary War for the term of five months, we marched the first part of July to New York by the way Hartford & New Haven After the retreat from New York we marched to White Plains afterwards to Croton's Manor at the last mentioned place we were discharged the first day of December, I know that the said William Fairbank served the whole of the five months term
I further testify & say that in the year 1777 the said William Fairbank & myself volunteered for two months that we march about the middle of July & returned about the middle of September The Service was rendered at Bennington and Half Moon & I know that the said William Fairbank performed the service as a Sargent in Capt. White's Company & Col. Church's Regiment
Joseph Parsons
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss April 3 d - 1833 The above named Joseph Parsons in my presence subscribed the above Affidavit and made oath to the truth thereof I also certify that the said Joseph is considered as a man of truth
Joseph Hovey Justice of the Peace

I John Robbins of Sterling in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, begin of the age of seventy three years, testify and say, that in the year 1776. in the month of December, I think, I volunteered my service, as a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in the Company commanded by Capt. Fortunate Barger then of that part of Lancaster in said County now Sterling aforesaid, for the term of three months. That William Fairbank then of that part of said Lancaster now West Boylston in said County, was in said Company as a private, when I joined the same. That he marched with us in said Company through Derby in the State of Connecticut into the State of New York, crossed the Hudson River at Pike's Kill, then marched into the State of New Jersey to a place called Boundbrook, where we remained the greatest part of the time, after that said Fairbank returned in the service during the said term of three months, and at the close of the term we were discharged and he returned home with me.
John Robbins
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. April 1. 1833. The above named John Robbins in my presence subscribed the above affidavit and made oath to the truth thereof; I also certify that said Robbins sustains a good character for truth.
Alexander Justin of the Peace

I John Munn of West Boylston in the County of Worcester Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts seventy two years of age being cautioned and sworn do depose and say that I have known William Fairbanks ever since we were boys. I know that said Fairbanks was in the Revolutionary service in the year 1778 as I did duty with him in the company com- manded by Captain Ebenezer Belknap. The said Fairbanks served in that company nine months as a Sergeant. He enlisted in the spring of the year and was discharged by verbal orders in January 1777. Said Fair- banks then lived where he now does in what is called West Boylston. John his X Munn mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss Aug 14 1832 Then the above named John Munn personally appeared before me and made oath that the fore- going deposition by him subscribed in my presence is true
Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above document is in my possession entitled to full credit as a witness Emory Washburn Jus Peace

Wm Fairbanks
Hon. J. G. Kendall Lemuria Map

I John Robbins of Sterling in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of seventy three, testify and say, that in the fall of 1776. the month I cannot recollect, I volunteered my services in Capt. Fortunatus Eager company of Militia who then lived in the West Parish of Lancaster, now Sterling for the term of three months, when Lieutenant name was Timothy Keywood, then joined West Parish in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Whitney of Harvard in said County. that William Fairbank, then of the said West Parish of Lancaster, now a resident in West Boylston in said Coun- ty, with whom I have been acquainted from our early boyhood, that when I joined said company I found said Fairbank a private soldier in it, we marched from said West Parish, through Worcester. Palmer & Milbraham in Massachusetts into Connecticut, through Hartford then to Danbury where we guarded the Continental stores for a few days, then we marched into New York, crossed the Hudson River at Pits Kill, and went to Bound Brook in the State of New Jersey, where we remained until the expiration of said term of three months; said Fairbank performed service during that term, partly in said Com- pany, and partly in another company of call Ranges, being stationed at the same place, and said Fairbank was dismissed when I was and returned home with me. General Warner had the command at that place.
John Robbins
Worcester ss. August 13 th 1832. Personally appeared the above named John Robbins, who in my presence signed, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, I certify that said Robbins is well known by me, and is a person of truth.
Thos. Dustin Justice of the Peace

I Calvin Kilborn of Princeton in the County of Worcester seventy four years of age being sworn to depose and say that I have known William Fairbanks now of West Boylston in said County ever since we were boys. I knew of his entering the Revolutionary service in July 1776 for five months. He enlisted at what is now called Sterling in said County and marched to New York City. He belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Sawyer in Colonel Smiths Regiment. I belonged to the same Company & know that said Fairbanks did duty for the term of five months and was duly discharged at the expiration of the time. He then returned home. I know that the said Fairbanks also enlisted in the year 1777 for two months service in the Company commanded by Captain White of Lancaster I belonged to the same Company & I know that said Fairbanks did duty as Sergeant in said Company during the two months for which he enlisted and that at the end of the time he was regularly discharged. The Company aforesaid marched from Lancaster to Bennington & thence to Half moon in New York and then back to Bennington where we were discharged.
Calvin Kilborn
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss Aug 14 1832 Then the above named Calvin Kilborn personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition subscribed by him in my presence. Before me
Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace
I also certify that the above deposition is entitled to credit as a witness.
Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace

I Seth Fairbank of West Boylston in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of seventy seven years testify & say that I know William Fairbank in the latter part of the year 1776 engaged as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war for the term of two months that he left home for that purpose & was absent during that length of time I believe he rendered the two months service in the neighbourhood of Boston Seth Fairbank
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss April 3 - 1833. The above named Seth Fairbank in my presence subscribed the above affidavit and made oath to the truth thereof I also certify that the said Seth sustains a good character for veracity
Joseph Hinds Justice of the Peace